Updated: Car in flames after fatal Rt. 100 crash (video)

A man driving a Subaru Legacy was killed around 6 a.m. Tuesday when his car crossed over into the northbound lane of Route 100 in Washington Township, crashing head-on into a pickup truck. (Photo by John Strickler/The Mercury)

(Updated 11:56 a.m.) WASHINGTON TWP. — A man driving a Subaru Legacy was killed around 6 a.m. Tuesday when his car crossed over into the northbound lane of Route 100, crashing head-on into a pickup truck and bursting into flames.

Devon Tyler Rosenberger, 26, of Gilbertsville, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Berks County Coroner’s Office. A state police trooper from the Reading barracks said it appears Rosenberger died of injuries from impact, not from the fire.

Keith Baker, 40, of Pottstown, suffered minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Lehigh Valley Hospital.

Baker was driving a Chevrolet Silverado north on Route 100 when Rosenberger’s southbound car crossed into oncoming traffic and struck the pickup truck head-on.

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The two cars came to a stop in the northbound lane of Route 100.

The Eastern Berks Fire Company cut off the roof of the Subaru to remove Rosenberger.

The Subaru was completely charred from the fire and the front end was wedged under the pickup truck’s front end.

The crash is being investigated by state police at Reading and the state police fire marshal.

Both drivers were wearing their seat belts.

Route 100 was reopened at 10 a.m.

The state police were assisted by the Berks County Coroner’s Office, the Eastern Berks Fire Department and Bally Ambulance.

Anyone with information about the accident is asked to contact the state police barracks in Reading at 610-378-4011.

EARLIER VERSION OF THE STORY

(Updated 9:36 a.m.) WASHINGTON — A man driving a Subaru Legacy was killed around 6 a.m. Tuesday when his car crossed over into the northbound lane of Route 100, crashing head-on into a pickup truck and bursting into flames.

The vehicles came to a stop on the right side of the northbound lane.

Police and fire crews arriving at the scene quickly extinguished the fire. A state police trooper from the Reading barracks said it appears the driver died of injuries from impact, not from the fire.

The Eastern Berks Fire Company cut off the roof of the Subaru to remove the body.

The Subaru was completely charred from the fire and the front end was wedged under the pickup truck’s front end.

The crash is being investigated by state police at Reading and the state police fire marshal.

The driver of the pickup truck was not injured in the crash but was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital by ambulance, police said.

Both drivers were wearing their seatbelts.

EARLIER VERSION OF THE STORY

(updated 8:47 a.m.) WASHINGTON — A man driving a Subaru Legacy was killed around 6 a.m. Tuesday morning when his car crossed over into the northbound lane of Route 100, crashing head-on into a pickup truck and bursting into flames.

Police and fire crews arriving at the scene quickly extinguished the fire. A state police trooper from the Reading barracks said it appears the driver died of injuries from impact, not from the fire.

The crash is being investigated by state police at Reading and the state police fire marshal.